The assessment of adolescent female athletes using standing and reactive long jumps
Moresi, Mark Peter Bradshaw, Elizabeth Greene, David A. Naughton, Geraldine A.
Moresi, Mark Peter
Bradshaw, Elizabeth
Greene, David A.
Naughton, Geraldine A.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of two long jump tasks and their ability to predict 10 m sprint performance in elite adolescent female athletes. Eight junior national-level female track and field athletes completed three standing (SLJ) and reactive long jumps (RLJ) on portable force plates, followed by three 10 m sprints. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) and coefficients of variation (CV) were calculated to examine reliability. Linear regression results identified the best predictor of average and best 10 m sprint time from the jump kinematic and kinetic measures. The ICCs and CVs indicated good reliability for the majority of kinetic measures however, better reliability was reported for the SLJ. The SLJ was a good predictor of best and average 10 m sprint time, with average horizontal power the best predictor of performance (best; R 2 = 0.751, p = 0.003, Standard Error of Estimate (SEE)% = 2.2 average; R 2 = 0.708, p = 0.005, SEE% = 2.5).
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Date
2011
Type
Journal article
Journal
Sports Biomechanics (print version)
Book
Volume
10
Issue
2
Page Range
73-84
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences